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Booster cushion

A booster cushion is a cushioned seat that raises the child to the correct height for using the car safety belt. It is typically suitable for children weighing up to 36 kilograms (80 lb).

Related terms:
  • Child booster seat
  • Infant seat
  • Toddler seat
  • Damage rate table
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Most popular terms:
  • Ride-hailing
  • Key fob
  • Electronic control unit (ECU)
  • ROW
  • Internal combustion engine vehicle (ICEV)
A

  • A-pillar trim
  • ACRISS car code
  • ACRISS location indicators
  • Act of God
  • Adaptive cruise control (ACC)
  • Additional driver
  • Address data
  • Advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS)
  • Affiliate
  • Agile software development
  • Air compressor
  • Airport fee
  • Allocated availability
  • Alloy rim
  • Android Auto
  • Angel investor
  • AngularJS
  • Annual recurring revenue (ARR)
  • Anti-theft bolts
  • APAC
  • Apple CarPlay
  • Application programming interface (API)
  • Association of Car Rental Industry System Standards (ACRISS)
  • Attribute Protocol (ATT)
  • Authorised driver
  • Automatic emergency braking system (AEB)
  • Autonomous mobility-on-demand (AMoD)
  • Auxiliary battery
  • Availability request
B

  • B-pillar trim
  • Backend
  • Battery electric vehicle (BEV)
  • Battery swapping station
  • bCall
  • Bidirectional charging
  • Bike-sharing system
  • Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
  • Bonnet
  • Booking status
  • Booster cushion
  • Boot floor
  • Boot lid
  • Boot trim
  • Bootstrapping
  • Bounce rate
  • Bumper
  • Bumper skirt
  • Business intelligence tools (BI tools)
  • Business performance monitor (BPM)
  • Business travel
  • Business-to-business (B2B)
  • Business-to-consumer (B2C)
C

  • C-pillar trim
  • Call centre
  • Cancellation rate
  • Canonicalisation
  • Car boot mat
  • Car category
  • Car cloud
  • Car data API
  • Car dongle
  • Car door trim, exterior
  • Car door trim, interior
  • Car emblem
  • Car jack kit
  • Car multimedia screen
  • Car rental broker
  • Car Rental Gateway
  • Car Rental Gateway's Office interface
  • Car sharing
  • Car type
  • Cargo cover
  • Carpet car mat
  • Ceiling lights
  • Ceiling trim
  • Central armrest
  • Central cup holder
  • Centre console control buttons
  • Chargeback rate
  • Chauffeur
  • Check-in
  • Check-out
  • Child booster seat
  • Churn rate
  • City location
  • Click-through rate (CTR)
  • Collision damage waiver (CDW)
  • Commission
  • Comparison site
  • Complete streets
  • Compound annual growth rate (CAGR)
  • Compressed natural gas (CNG)
  • Connected car
  • Connected person
  • Contactless rental
  • Content management
  • Continental
  • Continuous deployment
  • Controller Area Network (CAN bus)
  • Conversion rate
  • Cron
  • Cross-border driving
  • Customer acquisition cost (CAC)
  • Customer lifetime value (CLV)
  • Customer relationship management (CRM)
  • Customer retention
  • Customer verification
D

  • Damage rate table
  • Dart
  • Dashboard
  • Dashboard trim
  • Deep linking
  • Delivery and collection
  • Demand responsive public transport (DRPT)
  • Digital key
  • Digital rental agreement
  • Digital twin
  • Distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS attack)
  • DNS spoofing
  • Domain Name System (DNS)
  • Domestic rental
  • Driver age requirements
  • Driver drowsiness detection
  • Driver monitoring systems
  • Drop-off policy
  • Dynamic pricing
E

  • Early return
  • eCall
  • Eco-driving
  • Electric side mirror
  • Electric vehicle (EV)
  • Electronic control unit (ECU)
  • Electronic stability control (ESC)
  • EMEA
  • Engine bay
  • Engine control unit (ECU)
  • Engine cover
  • Equipment Type (EQP)
  • Euro NCAP
  • Excess
  • Exclusive branch
  • Exclusive rate
F

  • Features-on-demand (FoD)
  • Fire extinguisher
  • Firewall
  • Firmware-over-the-air (FOTA) updates
  • First-aid kit
  • First-mover advantage (FMA)
  • Fleet
  • Fleet as a Service (FaaS)
  • Fleet operator
  • Fleet utilisation
  • Flight-in customer
  • Floating fleet
  • Floor mats
  • Flutter
  • Fog lights
  • Forward collision warning
  • Free-floating model
  • Freesale
  • Frequent traveller
  • Front quarter window
  • Front wing
  • Frontend
  • Fuel cell vehicle (FCV)
  • Fuel deposit
  • Fuel policy
  • Fuel purchase option (FPO)
  • Fuel tank cap
  • Fuel tank flap
  • Full hybrid electric vehicle (FHEV)
  • Full prepayment
G

  • Gateway content
  • Gear lever
  • General sales agent (GSA)
  • Generic Access Profile (GAP)
  • Generic Attribute Profile (GATT)
  • Geofence
  • Geolocation
  • Geolocation spoofing
  • Git
  • Global distribution system (GDS)
  • Global Positioning System (GPS)
  • Glove box door
  • GPS spoofing
  • Grace period
  • Graphical user interface (GUI)
  • GraphQL
  • Grille
H

  • Headlights
  • Headrest
  • High-visibility safety vest
  • hreflang
  • Hubcap
  • Huf
  • Hydrogen vehicle
  • Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
  • Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
I

  • IATA code
  • In-app purchasing (IAP)
  • In-car payment system (ICPS)
  • In-car services
  • Inclusions
  • Inclusive rate
  • Indicator/windscreen wiper lever
  • Infant seat
  • Instrument cluster screen
  • Integrated ticketing
  • Intelligent speed adaptation (ISA)
  • Inter-island crossing
  • Internal combustion engine vehicle (ICEV)
  • International Air Transport Association (IATA)
  • International Driving Permit (IDP)
  • Internet of Things (IoT)
  • Internet of Vehicles (IoV)
  • IP address
  • IP address spoofing
  • Iterative development
J

  • JavaScript
K

  • Kanban
  • Key as a Service (KaaS)
  • Key fob
  • Key performance indicator (KPI)
  • Keyless entry
  • Keyless fob
  • Know your customer (KYC)
L

  • LAC
  • Lane centering assist (LCA)
  • Lane departure warning (LDW)
  • Lane keeping assist (LKA)
  • Last mile
  • LATAM
  • Late return
  • Lead time
  • Lead-acid battery
  • Leisure travel
  • Levels of driving automation
  • LiDAR
  • Limited mileage
  • Liquefied natural gas (LNG)
  • Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)
  • Lithium-ion battery
  • Local driving permit
  • Locally payable extras
  • Location
  • Look-to-book
  • Loss damage waiver (LDW)
  • Loss leader pricing
  • Low frequency (LF)
  • Low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs)
  • Low-speed vehicle (LSV)
M

  • MaaS Alliance
  • Main battery
  • Mapped car
  • Market penetration
  • Marketing funnel
  • Meet and greet (M&G)
  • Micromobility
  • Microservice architecture
  • Mild hybrid electric vehicle (MHEV)
  • Minimum viable product (MVP)
  • Mobile deep linking
  • Mobility
  • Mobility as a Service (MaaS)
  • Mobility data
  • Mobility ecosystem
  • Mode of transportation
  • Multimodal transportation
N

  • NAM
  • Native
  • Natural gas vehicle (NGV)
  • Near-field communication (NFC)
  • New mobility
  • Nickel-cadmium battery
  • Nickel–metal hydride battery
  • No-show
  • Node.js
  • Number plate
O

  • On request
  • On-demand mobility services
  • One-way rental (O/W)
  • Online availability
  • Online travel agency (OTA)
  • Opening hours
  • OpenTravel Alliance (OTA)
  • Optional extras
  • Original equipment manufacturer (OEM)
  • Out of hours (OOH)
  • Over-the-air (OTA) updates
  • Overhead console
P

  • Partial prepayment
  • Pay on arrival
  • Pay-per-click (PPC)
  • Peer-to-peer (P2P) model
  • Personal Accident Insurance (PAI)
  • Personal Effects Coverage (PEC)
  • Phishing
  • Phone as a Key (PaaK)
  • PHP
  • Platform as a Service (PaaS)
  • Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV)
  • Point of sale (POS)
  • Power outlet
  • Pre-authorisation
  • Predictive maintenance
  • Principal driver
  • Private mobility
  • Profit margin
Q

  • Query
R

  • Rain sensor
  • Ramen profitable
  • Ransomware
  • React
  • Rear lights
  • Rear quarter window
  • Rear window
  • Rear wing
  • Rearview mirror
  • Refuelling fee
  • Rental agreement
  • Rental day
  • Rental desk
  • Rental duration requirements
  • Renter
  • Replacement vehicle
  • Residence country
  • REST API
  • Return on investment (ROI)
  • Ride-hailing
  • Ride-hailing platform
  • Ride-sharing
  • Roadside assistance
  • Robotaxi
  • Roof rails
  • ROW
S

  • SAE International
  • Scalable
  • sCall
  • Scheduled rental
  • Scooter-sharing system
  • Scrum principles
  • Search
  • Search conversion
  • Search engine optimisation (SEO)
  • Seat backrest
  • Seat base
  • Seat belt
  • Secure element (SE)
  • Security deposit
  • Self-driving car
  • Self-service rental
  • Self-service terminal
  • Sensor fusion
  • Series A, B, C funding
  • Shared mobility
  • Side sill
  • Side skirt
  • Single sign-on (SSO)
  • SIPP code
  • Sliding door
  • Smart infrastructure
  • Smart key
  • Smart parking
  • Smart rental
  • Smart ticketing
  • Snow chains
  • Soft mobility
  • Software as a Service (SaaS)
  • Software development kit (SDK)
  • Software-defined vehicle
  • Spare tyre
  • Special instructions
  • Split payment
  • Spoiler
  • Spoofing
  • Station-based model
  • Station-to-station
  • Steel rim
  • Steering wheel
  • Steering wheel buttons
  • Stop sales
  • Structured Query Language (SQL)
  • Subscription-based car rental
  • Sun visor
  • Super-app
  • Supercapacitor (SC)
  • Supplier
  • Supplier content
  • Sustainable mobility
  • Synthetic data
  • System on a chip (SoC)
T

  • Telematics
  • Telemetry
  • Terminal indicator
  • Terms and conditions of a rental car supplier
  • Terms and conditions of a service platform
  • Theft protection (TP)
  • Third-party liability (TPL)
  • Timeout
  • Titanium Mobility
  • Toddler seat
  • Traction
  • Traffic sign recognition (TSR)
  • Truck platooning
  • TypeScript
  • Tyre
  • Tyre repair foam
U

  • Ultra-wideband (UWB)
  • Unlimited mileage
  • Usage-based insurance (UBI)
  • User story
  • Usership
V

  • Valuation
  • Vanilla JavaScript
  • Vehicle as a Service (VaaS)
  • Vehicle Charge Purpose Type (VCP)
  • Vehicle Coverage Type (VCT)
  • Vehicle inspection
  • Vehicle license fee (VLF)
  • Vehicle Where At Facility (VWF)
  • Vehicle-to-everything (V2X)
  • Vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V)
  • Vent frame
  • Voucher
  • Vue.js
W

  • Walk-in
  • Warning triangle
  • Website spoofing
  • Wheel arch trim
  • Wheel chocks
  • White label widget
  • Windscreen
  • Windscreen wiper
  • Windscreen wiper arm
  • World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
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